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week of sept 8: Tony Gavilanes - Tech Event Pro
Episode 28
dimanche 8 septembre 2024 • Duration 39:13
Top Stories:
1. Port of Seattle outages
2. Umpqua Bank Seahawks suite level
3. Hotel workers on strike
4. Largest fundraiser in the region
5. Seattle Rep layoffs
About guest co-host Tony Gavilanes - Founder & CEO, Tech Event Pro
Tony founded TEP almost 20 years ago. In 2010 he also founded Copious Love Productions, a nonprofit theater production company. Prior to that he held leadership roles for a variety of AV and production companies. Throughout his career he has also worked as a professional host for events.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: info@theweeklyseattle.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
Website: www.theweeklyseattle.com
week of aug 26: Maria Colacurcio - Syndio
Episode 27
dimanche 25 août 2024 • Duration 39:14
Top Stories:
1. Zillow CEO steps down
2. Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger makes progress
3. Understanding pay equity through data
4. Companies removing DE&I teams including Microsoft
About guest Maria Colacurcio - CEO, Syndio:
Maria has been the CEO of Syndio, a pay equity software as a service company, for almost 6 years. She was a co-founder of Smartsheet, she worked in leadership roles at Starbucks corporate and Microsoft. Maria is a serial entrepreneur and a mother of 7 kids!
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: info@theweeklyseattle.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
Website: www.theweeklyseattle.com
week of june 24: Return of Emily Parkhurst - Formidable
Episode 18
dimanche 23 juin 2024 • Duration 35:22
Top Stories
1. Farestart is reopening
2. Seattle startup scene
3. New museum to open
4. Saltchuk buys a company for $430M
5. Boeing CEO is under fire
Guest Co-Host Emily Parkhurst - Founder & CEO, Formidable
Emily Parkhurst is the Founder & CEO of media company Formidable launched in 2024. Prior to this she was the VP of Content at 6AM City, and before that the Publisher and Market President of the Puget Sound Business Journal. She was a Senior Reporter at The Forecaster where she won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting in 2010. She is also the Chairman of the board for Cornish College of the Arts. www.beformidable.com
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: info@theweeklyseattle.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
mid-year economic outlook: Skylar Olsen - Chief Economist, Zillow
Episode 17
dimanche 16 juin 2024 • Duration 43:51
In this special episode we sit down with Dr. Skylar Olsen - Chief Economist of Zillow who gives us a mid-year economic outlook. We talk about interest rates, inflation, recession, and so much more!
Dr. Skylar Olsen - Chief Economist, Zillow
A Ph.D. housing economist with over a decade studying U.S. housing markets and consumers, Skylar is passionate about ensuring policymakers, journalists, housing professionals, and her colleagues have the data and understanding they need to make better decisions.
Skylar has testified before Congress about fair housing issues and regularly shares her housing-market expertise on stage, in print, and on local and national television and radio stations. She also teaches Real Estate Evolution and Disruption at the University of Washington, where she earned her PhD, and was a Visiting Scholar to the College of William and Mary during Fall 2023.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: info@theweeklyseattle.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
week of june 10: Greg Kunst - Aurion Biotech
Episode 16
dimanche 9 juin 2024 • Duration 28:49
Top Stories
1. Microsoft CEO leaves Starbucks board
2. Seattle startup wins lawsuit against Boeing
3. VC backed biotech Vilya raises $71M
4. Lightrail SLU location debate
Opinion 1: The Stranger article
Opinion 2: PSBJ article
5. New record store on Vashon
About guest co-host Greg Kunst - Founder & CEO, Aurion Biotech:
Greg Kunst founded Aurion Biotech which is a company that develops cell therapies for the treatment of serious eye disorders. He is on the board of Pr3vent, Inc tackling vision health for babies. He's strategic advisor for Oculogica. Prior to this, he held leadership positions at Glockos Corporation and Alcon, both companies tackling eye health.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: info@theweeklyseattle.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
week of june 3: Andrea Anderson - Girl Scouts
Episode 15
dimanche 2 juin 2024 • Duration 39:32
Top Stories:
1. T-Mobile buys most of US Cellular
2. MultiCare & Overlake affiliation
3. Melinda French Gates announces plan
4. Startup helping with bereavement
5. Seattle CEO returns
About guest co-host Andrea Anderson - CEO, Girl Scouts of Western Washington:
Andrea is the proud daughter of immigrants from Denmark, a Girl Scout alum (having been a Brownie while growing up in Michigan), and is the first member of her family to graduate college. She Was on Board on Coalition to End Gender Based Violence, the CEO of the IF project – an organization that works with justice impacted women, the Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations at the United Way of King County, Executive Director for Equality Hawaii Foundation, CEO of Planned Parenthood and has her own non-profit consulting company.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: theweeklyseattle@gmail.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
Website: www.theweeklyseattle.com
week of may 27: Coral Garnick Ducken - Madrona
Episode 14
dimanche 26 mai 2024 • Duration 28:29
Top Stories:
1. Expedia leaders are out
Geekwire article/Seattle Times article
2. Synapse bankruptcy affects Seattle startup
3. Amazon AWS CEO change
PSBJ article (CEO leaving)
PSBJ article (new CEO)
4. OpenAI's new voice product
5. Local VC to launch startup community hub
About guest co-host Coral Garnick Ducken - Digital Editor, Madrona:
Prior to her current role as Digital Editor for Seattle VC firm Madrona, she was a content writer for Blueprint Technologies. Before that she was the Associate Editor at Puget Sound Business Journal after leaving Seattle Times as a business reporter. Coral earned her masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: theweeklyseattle@gmail.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
Website: www.theweeklyseattle.com
week of may 20: Eduardo Penalver - Seattle University
Episode 13
dimanche 19 mai 2024 • Duration 36:04
Top Stories:
1. Seattle CEO guilty of fraud
2. Melinda French Gates steps down
3. Kaiser Permanente to sell land
4. Chateau Ste Michelle over the years
PSBJ article (Jen Belle leaving)
Seattle Times article (background)
5. Amazon's new Project Kuiper
About guest co-host Eduardo Penalver - President, Seattle University:
Eduardo M. Peñalver became the President of Seattle University on July 1, 2021. From 2014 until 2021, he served as the Dean of Cornell Law School.
Professor Peñalver’s legal scholarship focuses on property and land use, as well as law and religion. His work explores the way in which the law mediates the interests of individuals and communities. His writing on property has appeared in numerous leading law journals.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: theweeklyseattle@gmail.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
Website: www.theweeklyseattle.com
week of may 13: Troy Anderson - Visit Seattle
Episode 12
dimanche 12 mai 2024 • Duration 35:27
Top Stories:
1. Visit Seattle updates
(no article)
2. Top Pot Doughnuts expands
3. Docusign acquires Lexion
4. Starbucks ex-CEO weighs in
5. Redfin settles in lawsuit
About guest co-host Troy Anderson - Director of Sales, Visit Seattle
Troy has been with Visit Seattle for close to 12 years and currently serves as the Director of Sales specifically focusing on bringing convention business to the city. Prior to this role he worked in sales at hotels in Vegas including the Mirage, Treasure Island and New York New York.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: theweeklyseattle@gmail.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
Website: www.theweeklyseattle.com
week may 6: Cate Goethals - Better Boards Initiative
Episode 11
dimanche 5 mai 2024 • Duration 31:56
Top Stories:
1. Sue Bird joins Storm ownership group
2. Amazon Q1 numbers are up
3. REI reports 2023 loss
4. FTC sues Doxo
5. Downtown properties owe $16M for waterfront
About co-host: Cate Goethals - Founder, The Better Boards Initiative
Cate is the Founder of The Better Boards Initiative, an organization with the goal of making corporate boards more diverse. She is also the Founder & Director of the Women Board Director program at UW and is an executive coach for women on the cusp of entering their next act and interested in sitting on a board. Cate is on the board of Sound Generations.
Host Rachel Horgan:
Rachel is an independent event producer, emcee and entrepreneur. She worked for the Business Journal for 5 years as their Director of Events interviewing business leaders on stage before launching the weekly podcast. She earned her communication degree from the University of San Diego.
Contact:
Email: theweeklyseattle@gmail.com
Instagram: @theweeklyseattle
Website: www.theweeklyseattle.com









